8 car tours, 41 main walks plus many alterntive and shorter
variations, 27 picnic suggestions Sicily is the largest island in
the Mediterranean and long a Mecca for culture freaks. The island
also rewards the countryside lover with magnificent landscapes.
Peter Amann knows the island intimately; he leads walking groups
and works for the preservation of its national monuments. As an
alternative to the stress of simply 'doing' all the sites, he
invites you to savour the landscape at leisure. Thus there is
enough material in this book for several holidays. The eight car
tours (mostly circular and covering 2000km in all) follow
little-used roads wherever possible and, while taking in all the
major sights and sites, also visit landscapes well off the beaten
track. Hints are given for places to stay en route.The walks - a
distillation of the best on the island - are as varied in length
and grade as the landscape itself; there are routes to suit all
ages and abilities. Most of the walks are along old farming tracks,
stone-laid mule trails and shepherds' paths.